A．She arranged the party with Georgie.

　　B．She has disadvantaged backgrounds.

　　C．She regretted holding the party at home.

　　D．She throws a birthday party for Georgie yearly.

　　解析　C　推理判断题。根据第四段可知，Georgie的妈妈说再也不在家里为女儿举办聚会了，由此可推知，她很后悔在家里举办该聚会，故选C项。

　　3．What does the underlined word "intimidating" in Paragraph 5 mean?

　　A．Ambitious.　 B．Frightening.

　　C．Thoughtless.　 D．Curious.

　　解析　B　词义猜测题。根据倒数第二段第三句可知，参加聚会的不速之客认为当他们出现在青少年的聚会上时，这些青少年不敢对他们说什么，他们就可以为所欲为。由此可推断，画线词的意思为"令人害怕的"，故选B项。

　　4．What's Mrs Meli's attitude towards the Facebook Republican Army?

　　A．Concerned.　 B．Supportive.

　　C．Doubtful.　 D．Negative.

　　解析　D　观点态度题。根据第四段和最后一段可知，Georgie的妈妈认为"脸书共和军"的行为是恐怖秀，而且浪费警力。由此可知，她对他们持否定的态度，故选D项。

　　B

课标话题 人与社会·信息安全 体裁 说明文 词　　数 346 难度 　　Imagine you're standing in line to buy a snack at a store.You step up to the counter and the cashier scans your food.Next, you have to pay.But instead of scanning a QR code with your smartphone, you just hold out your hand so the cashier can scan your fingerprint. Or, a camera scans your face, your eyes or even your ears.

　　Now, this type of technology might not be far away.As technology companies move away from the traditional password, biometric(生物特征识别的) security, which includes fingerprint, face and voice ID, is becoming increasingly popular.

In 2013, Apple introduced the iPhone 5s, one of the first smartphones with a fingerprint scanner.Since then, using one's fingerprint to unlock a phone and make mobile payments has become commonplace, bringing convenience to our lives.And since 2016, Samsung has featured eye－scanning technology in its top smartphones, while Apple's new iPhone X can even scan a